Some time back we covered this at length including putting the guides 90* to the spine/spline. If anyone has it saved,please post it or send it to me so I will not have to type it out again. Maybe someone knows how to find it in the archives. Thanks Tony
--- Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reuven. > When they build a blank (glassfiber, carbon, > boron,,..) the factory > wrapps the carbon or glass plies around the mandrel > they cannot ensure > that the wall of the blank is of even thickness on > all areas. > > If you bend the blank to a flat surface and roll the > blank you feel this > in little jumps. Doing this you can feel, where the > walls are a bit > thicker. These 'enforced' parts are called spine of > the blank. You need > a bit more force bending the rod along these spines > than on other aread. > You have to place the giudes along these spines, > otherwise the rod will > not bend into the casting dirction, but will bend a > little bit to the > left or the right. > > Rene > > Reuven Segal wrote: > > >Can someone please explain to me EXACTLY what a > spline (technical) is and > >what the diff is when putting the guides on or at > 180 degrees to the spline? > > > >Thanks guys and Merry Xmas, > > > >R > > > >______________________________________________ > >Reuven Segal > > > >B. Engineering (Aerospace)- Final Year > >B. Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and > Management) > >RMIT University > > > >5/11 Rockbrook Road, > >East St. Kilda, 3183 > >Melbourne, Victoria > >Australia > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Mobile: 0422 266798 > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
